TITLE IV--STUDENT ASSISTANCE

PART G--GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 484. STATE COURT JUDGMENTS

Section 484A (20 U.S.C. 1091a) is amended--

(1) in the heading of the section by inserting `, and state court judgments' after `limitations'; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

`(c) STATE COURT JUDGMENTS- A judgment of a State court for the recovery of money provided as grant, loan, or work assistance under this title that has been assigned or transferred to the Secretary under this title may be registered in any district court of the United States by filing a certified copy of the judgment and a copy of the assignment or transfer. A judgment so registered shall have the same force and effect, and may be enforced in the same manner, as a judgment of the district court of the district in which the judgment is registered.'.